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MY THIRD NURSING GRADUATION -- age 37











SOCIALIZING


At a 2006 birthday bbq



Big sister June was there too





Celebrating the birth of a poet with John and Jill


Rugged up -- in 2008 at a 21st birthday dinner



Some haggis nights

A haggis night scene in 2011. Scotland meets Hawaii



2012




2014


Eating curry with with Paul on his 2011 birthday



Smorgasbord lunch at the Sofitel, 2012



At Joe's 24th in 2012




A verandah party



At the dosa restaurant



Dining with the men in 2010



A party on the long verandah at Simon & Tracy's place, 2010



Having coffee at Buranda in 2020



Wearing some ear-rings that John gave me, 2021







SOME TRAVEL PHOTOS:


Iceland


Icelandic corrugated iron



Icebergs and glacier in Iceland



Icelandic sodhouse


AND FROM AUSTRIA:

A house built upon a rock by a wise man in Melk a long time ago.
Is situated very close to the banks of the Donau (Danube)



The elegant school of music in Paris




Mons Meg is a medieval bombard located at Edinburgh Castle in Scotland.



My trip to Bavaria in 2010 did of course include a visit to Neuschwanstein



With June at Glyndebourne to see Verdi's "Falstaff", May, 2009



Being blown about at Stonehenge



All cosy at John O'Groats



The Chelsea flower show



At Stratford on Avon to see Julius Caesar -- June smiling in the crowd



In Darwin -- with some Aboriginal art



In retirement, lunching in Vancouver, 2016



At Monsaraz in Portugal, in 2017 --



Monsaraz, "A Picture Perfect Medieval Village"



In country NSW for the 2018 wedding of Kate and John's son Joe -- with John



The happy couple






My 2018 visit to Finland and the Arctic

Coming into port at Helsinki



My sightseeing visit to downtown Helsinki at minus 4 degrees celsius



Shelter from the elements for the small wildlife of the Artic at Inari



Showing off my Alpaca Beanie at Oslo airport







THINGS I LIKE:

A verandah I like:



A man I have liked for a long time:



A good looking young man I sometimes talk to



A pizza cooked how I like it -- Italian style -- with thin base and thin topping.



An Axminster I like



Scottish tablet



Doda Burfees are good too



Portuguese custard tarts -- great as a breakfast dessert

Chateaubriand. A favourite for birthday dinnrers -- this one in 2013



A wine I like



A wine I have met once or twice



And this was a very pleasant revival while it lasted



A coffee shop I go to



A Japanese restaurant I like



Some Japanese food I like -- Vegetable tempura



I like chicken Teriyaki Don too



Another favourite eatery -- excellent Greek food. Since relocated



K& K's Austrian Konditterei at Sinnamon Park




"My" Toyota Prado


At John's army reunion, 2018



A photo I like:



I "saw" (and took) it in autumn 2008.
Click HERE for a larger image. It's a photo of John's "dogleg" yard


A mass of Crepe Myrtles in full bloom in January at 19 Longwood St



Some roses I received



A Moreton Bay fig tree, native to Brisbane.
They are magnificent trees and there is always an uproar if someone wants to cut one down



Bush turkeys.
You see them throughout Brisbane's older suburbs. Sometimes just strolling down the road



I like the agile way possums get about



A Turkish delight from Greece!



Some churches I have been to

A church I once frequented -- Ann St. Presbyterian



The church interior -- no pictures or statuary but beautiful woodwork



St Paul's Presbyterian, a church I know well



Another church I like -- St John's Presbyterian, Annerley




I went to a memorable service at Our Lady of Victories Polish Catholic church in 2005 --
Gregorian chant, young nuns in wimples, a magnificent ecclesiastical procession







THINGS I MISS


A Grand Imperial Mason I thought highly of, sadly now deceased



I miss Zoe



A fondly remembered Toyota Starlet



A grand car I liked, a 1963 Humber Super Snipe:



A teashop I miss



"Mr Brown" -- a memorable Burmese cat



Some cassias in full bloom:







FAMILY


A gorgeous one-year old grandson:



My second grandson with his "big" brother:



Koen and Ethan, August, 2008:



Pix from November, 2008 below -- An Ethan smile and a standing Ethan with Koen





Ethan on a family camping trip in 2010: It rained



Koen & Ethan with their long-suffering dog -- December, 2010


Those boys again -- with their Dad



And we can't forget their Mum



Mothers day 2019 with Byron and family



Son Paddy playing his bass instrument



The musician again



Son Warren having fun












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